tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post1373767137340149874..comments2016-12-05T13:04:31.334-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: FallenZephirinenoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-25436626613316576462013-04-08T00:40:26.775-07:002013-04-08T00:40:26.775-07:00Vassilis,
Very affecting story that, with the par...Vassilis,<br /><br />Very affecting story that, with the particularly memorable (and consoling) outcome that he survived the slaughter and for that fact we have the heavens (or fate) to thank. For where would we have been without him -- or you?<br /><br />Others of course were less fortunate, then. I thought you might be interested in the parallel tale of a Swedish immigrant drafted into the 361st Infantry Regiment, 91st Division, sent to Fort Lewis -- and thence to become one of 14,000 men lost in the killing fields of the Meuse/Argonne in 1918.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nordstjernan.com/news/emigration/2819/" rel="nofollow">A Stolen Rose</a><br /><br />One of my father&#39;s sisters married an Italian immigrant who had barely landed in this country before being shipped off to the slaughter in France. He was gassed during a German offensive. A year of hospitalization and incapacitation back in the States ensued. He used the time wisely, studied hard and earned himself a law degree. Another of the lucky ones.<br /><br />(Hazen certainly has a point.)TChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-53870731948504725322013-04-08T00:04:47.839-07:002013-04-08T00:04:47.839-07:00For your information:
The 91st Division was activ...For your information: <br />The 91st Division was activated in 1917, under Major General H. A. Greene, mainly by young men from Oregon and Washington. The division was stationed at Fort Lewis in Washington State. My dad was in the 361 Infantry regiment, which entered into the battle zone in late 1918. In the ensuing carnage, the 91st Division lost 3,000 soldiers, eight field and 125 company officers during four days of battle before they regrouped. One of the lucky ones, Dad came back to the US, returned to Greece in 1959 and died on native soil at the age of 83 in 1973.vazambam (Vassilis Zambaras)http://www.blogger.com/profile/14515165428574974933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-55493501327852801102013-04-07T09:07:43.114-07:002013-04-07T09:07:43.114-07:00as always Tom, brilliantly doneas always Tom, brilliantly doneLallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-54196559351752433892013-04-07T08:07:06.249-07:002013-04-07T08:07:06.249-07:00This datoid that I came across recently seems apt ...This datoid that I came across recently seems apt here, “amid the general spill of composted remains . . .” : The United States in all its 237 years of official existence has been at some kind of war during 216 of those years. The system is what the system does.Hazenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417573435195561519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-45949685389484729432013-04-07T07:55:22.281-07:002013-04-07T07:55:22.281-07:00yeah ! these continuous wars are what keeps The Wo...yeah ! these continuous wars are what keeps The World Economies from REALLY<br />going down the toilette !<br /> Pardon my French&quot;<br /><br />think about munitions production and sales..<br /><br />machinery produced to &quot;wage&quot; war<br />Medical &quot;advances&quot; and care of The Fallen Heroes<br /><br />etc etc..<br /><br />anyway..<br />that is &quot;hand bombs&quot; NOT &quot;had bombs&quot;<br /><br />the pilot would fly over low and release the clip and drop the bomb.. not exactly a hand grenade but similar something sort of like one of those bazooka missile ...<br /><br />Everything that we do (world-wide)<br />is built on a solid plinth of war-fare all of the way down and into<br /><br />The Battle of the Sexes !<br /><br />et ceteras<br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br />Ed Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-14979251721979208662013-04-07T07:45:10.320-07:002013-04-07T07:45:10.320-07:00Marie,
La jetée de la séparation provides Grünewa...Marie,<br /><br />La jetée de la séparation provides Grünewald&#39;s crawling Apostle a moment of peace and sanctuary amid the pageant of anguish, history, Transfiguration, and it&#39;s a relief to him that someone awaits him there. Thanks very much for lending him (and us) that.<br /><br />Ed,<br /><br />Thinking these past nights about the exposure and vulnerability that made up the working conditions of those WWI flying aces, zooming unprotected through bullets and explosions and taking aim on equally exposed fellow humans in the rival aircraft, has convinced me once again that men are incorrigibly crazy animals.TChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-23363926297234447982013-04-07T07:03:10.735-07:002013-04-07T07:03:10.735-07:00on November 16, 1918 a German plane just like the ...on November 16, 1918 a German plane just like the one in the first picture <br />flew over a Red Cross Field Hospital tent in the<br />Argonne (maybe this exact area and maybe this is the exact aireoplane that the pilot dropped one of those had-bombs on the tent in which <br />Charles Rubin &quot;Ruby&quot; Kramer ( my middle name &quot;Charles&quot; is after him<br /><br />and killed everyone in the tent... including my Uncle Ruby<br /><br />this happened about five days AFTER the Armistice was signed.<br /><br />first time I am seeing the (or a similar) plane;<br /><br /><br /><br />Ed Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-57028513675675077502013-04-07T05:32:04.405-07:002013-04-07T05:32:04.405-07:00I visit your kitchen every day, quietly sitting at...I visit your kitchen every day, quietly sitting at the table, being served great food, silently enjoying the conversation around me. I am too shy and self conscious to leave a comment among those outstanding chefs (OK, now I have to say poets, really). But today I really have to leave you a thank you note, Tom. What a present! This means an immense lot to me. Just... thank you..Marie Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787850063283960703noreply@blogger.com